Last night was a beast. We went to sleep at about 9:30 CST which made it late for us at 10:30 EST. The air-conditioning in the RV made it tolerable and I, always the optimist, figured that as the outside temperature dropped, and the inside temperature rose, we would have the lower humidity on our side. Put another check in the wrong column. At midnight it was 82 in the RV with not a breath of air. I opened all the windows and vents and the temperature dropped to 81 and the humidity went up. We switched from the upper bunk to the lower where I looked like a 12” long wurst in an 8” roll. I drank water so I could sweat better and we laid there and roasted all night long. We would have moved outside where we had a better option for catching a breeze but I didn’t; want to set up a free buffet for the bugs, so we laid there and cooked. Continue reading
Category Archives: State Park
Fort Frederick, by Surprise
I was excited to leave for our first real extended trip in the RV. I’d moved the RV from storage on Friday, and added the items I’d been thinking about since the last trip. A device to let me know how many MPG, how much fuel left, temperature of the engine wasn’t ordered in time, so it’s do without.
Stopped by and visited briefly with family before leaving, and it was off. The traffic was fine, and it wasn’t until we got well into Pennsylvania that the traffic on Route 78 became nasty. The only change since we were out last was the RV downloaded more frequently as we were loaded as we haven’t been before. Some time around Camp Forty Fort we could see rain clouds. Shortly thereafter we ran into rain and it really started to blow. I was really glad that I changed out the shocks. The RV drove like a dream. Continue reading
Watkins Glen
Rainbow Bridge with Josh waiting for his bride
We left for Watkins Glen, located in central New York State in the finger lake district of NY late on Friday evening. It was the first road trip with the new shocks and boy, what a difference! The ride was really smooth. There was no hobby horsing or swaying. It was like driving a Mercedes. Continue reading
Hickory Run State Park, PA
For our first real outing, I decided to stick with what worked in the past. When we first introduced Kitt to camping, we went to Jenny Jump, not too far from home. The thinking was that if things didn’t work out in the middle of the night, everything could be wadded into the back of the car, and voile’ everyone could be sleeping in their bed before morning. We had a great time that time, and almost every time since, but better to err of the side of caution. Continue reading